Re: [PATCH] scripts/spelling: add a few more typos

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Jan 03 2023 - 13:05:16 EST


Hi--

On 1/3/23 09:59, SeongJae Park wrote:
> Add a few more typos that found from real patches[1,2] to 'spelling'
> file.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/4bc4ab74-3ccd-f892-b387-d48451463d3c@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/damon/20221228174621.34868-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/spelling.txt | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
> index ded8bcfc0247..64bddbf7425b 100644
> --- a/scripts/spelling.txt
> +++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
> @@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ contruction||construction
> contry||country
> conuntry||country
> convertion||conversion
> +covert||convert

"covert" is a real, valid word. Is it always incorrect when used in kernel
source or documentation?

thanks.

--
~Randy